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Religious studies 50 years after the Schempp decision
Recently, Secretary of State John Kerry explained that if he could do it all over again, he would major in “comparative religion.” Were it not for a Supreme Court decision 50 years ago, this might not have even been possible.
Stories from inside
Orange Is the New Black is so refreshing, honest and funny that "prison drama" is hardly the right category.
Eight things the chaos on Capitol Hill isn't about
Federal programs have ground to a halt, and workers have been sent home. The debt ceiling looms. And it's all somehow related to Obamacare.
Tuesday digest
New today from the Century: Faith formation and answerless questions, eight things the chaos on Capitol Hill isn't about, more.
Praying for Syria
I'm on the fence about military action in Syria. So I do what those of us on the fence ought to be doing: I pray.
Desolation and compassion
Our texts du jour include passages from Lamentations and Habakkuk that lament or anticipate the desolation of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. What’s it like when calamity or God’s judgment leaves the land, the houses or the people desolate?
Monday digest
New today from the Century: New titles in practical theology, Greg Carey reviews Reza Aslan, more.
Walter White’s many sins
It’s not clear whether Walt will violently lose his life in the Breaking Bad finale. It is bitter irony and justice that he will lose his family.
Is a Mexican drug lord the cause of violence in Chicago?
Bloomberg’s magazine piece on the drug trade in Chicago is insightful and well reported as far as it goes. Here’s how far it goes: it more or less blames the city’s high murder rate on one man, the head of a Mexican cartel.